GRANGER Engineers group to meet Robotics Team The...

October 20, 2006

GRANGEREngineers group to meet Robotics Team The Society of Automotive Engineers, Michiana Section, will meet the Penn Robotics Team at 7 p.m. Thursday at the high school. The students will present competition highlights, provide a tour of the manufacturing and CAD labs, and demonstrate the robot that went undefeated at the Purdue Regional. For information, call Bill Catsiff at (269) 923-3150, or Al Rioli at (219) 926-2170. MISHAWAKABethel College sets preview for Oct. 27 Bethel College will host a preview day Friday, Oct. 27, for prospective students. Preview days give high school students a chance to experience Bethel's academic and spiritual life. Guests will be able to visit classes, participate in a chapel service, tour the campus and meet with faculty, staff, coaches and students. There also are personal visit days available for students who cannot attend a preview day. Visits start at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily. To schedule a personal visit day, students should call at least 10 days in advance. Prospective students interested in signing up for a preview day or a personal visit day should contact the admission office at (800) 422-4101. SOUTH BENDO'Bannon book author to sign books here A former spokesman for the late Gov. Frank O'Bannon has published a biography, "Legacy of a Governor: The Life of Indiana's Frank O'Bannon," and will be appearing in the area. Goshen native and author Andrew Stoner called O'Bannon "a skillful politician" and "a quintessential Hoosier." Stoner will be signing copies of his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Borders in Mishawaka and at the same time Thursday at the Goshen Public Library. Stoner was deputy press secretary for O'Bannon from 2001 to 2003. Former first lady Judy O'Bannon wrote the forward for the book. The book also is available from Amazon.com. Ivy Tech celebrates new book by Garrels The community is invited to a reception for Marti Garrels in honor of the publication of her recent book, "Laboratory Testing for Ambulatory Settings: A Guide for Health Care Professionals." Garrels is chair of the medical assisting program at Ivy Tech Community College, The reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Wiekamp demonstration area of the South Bend campus, 220 Dean Johnson Blvd. Criminal justice event planned Oct. 27 Leading academic authorities and local experts will speak at Ivy Tech Community College's fourth annual Criminal Justice Conference, "Law Enforcement in America: Race, Class and Crime." The event, free and open to the public, is scheduled from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in the CyberCafe at Ivy Tech's South Bend campus, 220 Dean Johnson Blvd. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Advance registration is not required. Guest speakers include: Bruce J. Winick, co-founder of the school of social enquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence; Carrie S. Erlin, a Center for Women's InterCultural Leadership Fellow at Saint Mary's College; Johnnie Griffin, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Indiana University South Bend; and Gary Horvath, division chief with the South Bend Police Department. The Imogene Harris Award to Ivy Tech's outstanding criminal justice student of the year will also be presented at the event. For information, call (574) 289-7001, ext. 5368. New Orleans author to sign books here The St. Joseph County Public Library will play host to a book signing Sunday by New Orleans author Jo Anne Tardy on the first floor of the Main Library, 304 S. Main St., South Bend. Tardy will be available from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday to sign copies of "A Light Will Rise: Growing Up Black and Catholic in New Orleans" (ACTA Publications), part of the publisher's The American Catholic Experience Series. Tardy will have copies of the book available for purchase. ELKHARTAcademy's band, choir concert Monday Elkhart Christian Academy's Middle School and High School band, orchestra and choir will be performing at 7 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church on County Road 17 in Elkhart. BRISTOLChurch expects visit from Franciscan Friars The New York Franciscan Friars will be at St. Mary of the Annunciation Church from Sunday to Wednesday for the parish mission. The friars will be doing all weekend masses -- at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday -- and the mission talks will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. They also will speak after the 9 a.m. daily masses for those unable to attend in the evenings. Confessions and Eucharistic Adoration will be on Tuesday. There also will be light receptions after the evening mission talks Monday and Wednesday. For further information, call the church office at (574) 848-4305.